Parakeets, parrots and even sparrows are cute, but pigeons? They're a plague to many living in cities. But are they really ...

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However, the most serious is called psittacosis. With this disease, an agent called Chlamydia psittaci causes it, and the disease is also called ornithosis. Birds can be asymptomatic carriers ...

respiratory secretions and feather dust of birds infected with the Chlamydia psittaci bacteria. A pigeon lover who wanted to be known only as Rose said she fell sick with a mild lung infection six ...

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial ...

Department of Infection, North Wing, 5th floor, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK Correspondence to: Professor Susannah J Eykyn, Department of Microbiology, 5th Floor, North ...

Maintaining a high metabolic rate and body temperature places an extreme demand on a bird’s respiratory system, especially during the intense physical exertion required for flight. Rapid oxygen ...